Nature's Variety Complete Food mini Beef vs Pala Recipe #4 - Rabbit, Herring & Salmon
How the two products stack up on rating, ingredients, analysis and price.
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Both are rated at essentially the same level: Nature's Variety Complete Food mini Beef scores 93 and Pala Recipe #4 - Rabbit, Herring & Salmon scores 93 out of 100. Prices are not on file for either product, so we cannot compare cost.
| Nature's Variety Complete Food mini Beef | Pala Recipe #4 - Rabbit, Herring & Salmon | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Nature's Variety | Pala |
| Rating (Recipe) | 93Good | 93Good |
| Type | Dry Freeze Dried | Dry Air Dried |
| Kind / completeness | complete | complete |
| Lifestage | Adult | All lifestages |
| Meat share (dry matter) | 77% | 82% |
| Poor ingredients | 0 | 0 |
| Clear label | yes | yes |
| Protein (as fed) | 37% | 53% |
| Fat (as fed) | 34% | 20% |
| Fibre (as fed) | 6% | 3% |
| Ash (as fed) | 8% | 9% |
| Moisture (as fed) | 6% | 12% |
| Carbohydrates (as fed) | - | 3% |
| Energy | - | 366 kcal/100g |
| Additives | 6 nutritional | 1 technological |
| Recall history | None recorded in our database | None recorded in our database |
| Declared quantities | Deboned Beef 50.0%, Beef lung 30.0%, Carrots 5.0%, Apples 5.0%, Pea Fibre 1.3%, Butternut Squash 1.0%, Sweet Potatoes 1.0%, Vitamins and minerals 1.0%, Sunflower oil 0.8%, Cranberries 0.5%, Blackberries 0.5% (4% undeclared) | Rabbit 54.0%, Herring 25.0%, Salmon 7.0% (14% undeclared) |
| First ingredient | Deboned Beef · meat good | Rabbit · meat good |
| Ingredient count | 23 | 21 |
| Badges | CompleteHigh meatClear labelFull label | CompleteHigh meatClear label |
Lifestage comes from the manufacturer's own labelling. Dry-matter figures are estimates from the published label; recall history is presentation-only and never affects the score.
Shared ingredients
The two recipes share 2 matched ingredients. Tier badges show each ingredient's glossary grade.
In both
Carrots goodCranberries goodOnly in Nature's Variety Complete Food mini Beef
Deboned Beef goodBeef lung mediumApples goodPea Fibre mediumButternut Squash goodSweet Potatoes goodVitamins and minerals mediumSunflower oil goodBlackberries goodLinseed goodChicory root goodKale goodPeppermint goodCoconut Oil mediumBeet Pulp mediumGreen Tea goodYucca Schidigera goodRosemary goodParsley goodDandelion Root goodHawthorn mediumOnly in Pala Recipe #4 - Rabbit, Herring & Salmon
Rabbit goodHerring goodSalmon goodBeetroot goodCabbage goodSpinach goodRaspberries goodWheatgrass goodMixed crab meal mediumLinseed oil goodVinegar mediumPsyllium fibre goodKelp goodTocopherols goodBlueberries goodSea Buckthorn goodOregano goodThyme goodBlack Pepper mediumIf neither suits
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Frequently asked questions
Which has the higher rating, Nature's Variety Complete Food mini Beef or Pala Recipe #4 - Rabbit, Herring & Salmon?
They are rated at essentially the same level: 93 and 93 out of 100. A gap this small is within the tolerance of the scoring model.
How are these ratings calculated?
Open Dog Food parses each published ingredient list, estimates missing quantities, converts every ingredient to its dry-matter share and scores the recipe from 1 to 100. The full method is on the methodology page.